Fallen Warriors ⁽³³⁹⁾

Brian Bilbrey December 18, 2011

13 Days and Counting...

Shopping in the morning, and several hours of hardware maintenance at the office through the middle of the day ... and my day is done. * * * Our condolences to the families, friends, and units of these fallen warriors: Lance Cpl. Christopher P. J. Levy, 21, of Ramseur, North Carolina, died Dec. 10 of wounds sustained Dec. 7 while conducting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan. Sgt. Christopher L. Muniz, 24, of New Cuyama, California, died Dec. 11, in Kunar province, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked his unit with an improvised explosive device. Spc. Ronald H.

Brian Bilbrey December 11, 2011

Sad and cold...

A couple of hours of remote work this weekend, and 15 or so hours of work on the final project for my Java class. Progress is. Oh, yeah, and it was 15°F out this morning. I think I know what the 'F' stands for. * * * Our condolences to the families, friends, and units of these fallen warriors: Sgt. Ryan D. Sharp, 28, of Idaho Falls, Idaho, died Dec. 3, at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, Landstuhl, Germany, of wounds suffered Nov. 21 at Kandahar province, when insurgents attacked his unit with an improvised explosive device. Sgt. 1st Class Clark…

Brian Bilbrey November 27, 2011

Happy Thanksgiving

For those that celebrated the holiday, or for those that just like to give thanks, and belatedly, Happy Thanksgiving! We had a quiet week at home. We were both off work for the whole week. I gave a fair bit of time to school work, and a few hours to Skyrim. Marcia quilted and ripped and quilted. We did a big bird for the day itself: 23 pounds. We've now got a pot full of yummy turkey soup, a week's worth of turkey tetrazzini, and more meat left. So, a good week overall. We hope that everyone else enjoyed theirs, as…

Brian Bilbrey November 20, 2011

What happens at UC Davis

is what happened at Kent State, and many other places. Democracy and peace and plenty is a momentary aberration: blind cruelty and painful existence is the normal human condition, and I think this experiment is almost over. Our republic's evolution into a police state is progressing, inch by inch. The beatings will stop when everything is safe. I wonder who it's safe for? In much less important news, I finished up the week's project for class and turned it in. Marcia returned from a weekend-long quilting retreat, and we watched the final Potter film tonight. I enjoyed it. * *…

Brian Bilbrey November 13, 2011

Another week spins by

Whoa! Really? Mid-November? Where are the years going? This week the 'A' for my Social Gerontology course landed at the Academic Records Office at UMUC (I made that name up, but it sounds good). Of course, the class wasn't about whole societies getting older, civilizations dying, etc. Mostly it was an overview of the field of research into anything nontechnical on the subject of aging. You could, I guess, call it Gerontology for non-science majors. As usual, I learned some stuff anyway. The biggest thing I learned, though, was this: To do well in school (as I didn't do the…